Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CALENDAR Thursday August 23 i FIVE POINTS AFTER 5: Tootie & The Jones, the fountain at Five Points. 6:30 p.m. Free. THE GREAT COLLEGE DRIVE IN: Bring a blanket and watch "Gladiator" under the stars. Davis Field, by Longstreet Theater. 9-11:30 p.m. Free. Friday August 24 WELCOME WEEK CONCERT: Carolina Productions brings Raleigh-based Weekend Excursion to USC. Davis Field, by Longstreet Theater. 8-11 p.m. Free. BACK TO SCHOOL BASH: Listen to the sounds of some of the finest bands to come out of USC. The lineup includes the quirky, 80s inspired Sounds of Love Apple, the pop-rock driven Fling and the music of Pop Rocket. NewBrookland Tavern. 9:30 p.m. $5. Saturday August 25 WELCOME BACK USC DAY: The Five Points Association throws their annual festival, which includes a huge sidewalk sale of area vendors, giveaways, an information booth and free massages. Five Points. 10 a.m.-c p.m. BIG BAND DANCE: The Greater Chapter of the U. S. Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association will hold a Big Band dance, complete with refreshments and a complimentary foxtrot lesson. Hugh Dimmery Memorial Center (The Barn), 680 Cherokee Lane, West Columbia. 7:30-11 p.m. $4, USABDA member; $7, non member; $3, student. Kick Back with Weekend Excursion Welcome Week Concert Carolina Productions brings Raleigh-based Weekend Excursion to USC. While attending Appalachian State University, members of the band juggled classes with weekend road trips and managed to release three CDs. In the year after graduation, the band expanded its touring from Florida to Washington, D.C. The band has also opened for Melissa Etheridge and Sister Hazel and had songs featured on MTV’s "Real World" and WB’s "Dawson’s Creek." Davis Field, by Longstreet Theater. 8-11 p.m. Free. ROCK & ROLL: THE PERFECT BEAT: If, for whatever poor excuse of a reason, you find yourself at home Saturday night, check out this special on PBS. While artists from Bruce Springsteen to U2 to Metallica dominate the charts, rap artists create a new kind of music while black artists, led by Michael Jackson, finally make it on MTV. PBS. Midnight. Saturday August 26 DRUMMING CIRCLE: Beat out your frustrations or express your zeal for life in this organic experience. Dr. Lee of the USC School of Music leads students, seasoned professionals and children in rhythms. Both novices and experts are encouraged to bring bongos, congos or trashcans and drum till your heart’s content. The fountain at Five Points. 7:30pm. Free. Fall Out Columbia hosts major rock bands ' CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1 GOOD CHARLOTTE Good Charlotte is a rambunc tious quintet hailing from An napolis, Maryland. This young rock band com bines semi-auto-graphical lyrics with raucous three-chord guitar riffs to create an ambitious sound rooted in punk. The band found acclaim early in its career when its single "Lit tle Things" made its way to WPLY in Philadelphia. The song played 15 nights in a row, helping Good Charlotte win a demo contest. The victory allowed the group to tour with bigger names in their genre such as Blink 182, New Found Glory, Sum 41 and Jimmy Eat World. Its newest video, “Festival Song,” is featured on the Playsta tion 2/X Box game NHL Hitz. STROKE 9 Movie Local theaters offer hidden treasures CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1 GENERAL CINEMAS DUTCH SQUARE 14 Dutch Square is where it seems most of Columbia goes to see movies. It generally gets all True salesmen, Stroke 9 boosted its record sales by hitting malls all over San Francisco and asking teenagers to listen to its music. Stroke 9’s growing local recog nition created a buzz that allowed the band to perform in Ron Howard’s 1999 film EdTV. Stroke 9’s major debut Nasty Little Thoughts was released at the end of 1999, but still remains in heavy rotation at modem rock stations across the United States. The band’s music includes el ements of rock, pop, folk and even reggae. Its latest single, “Kick Some Ass,” can be heard regularly on 93.5. PUDDLE OF MUDD When lead singer Wesley Scantlin approached Fred Durst, lead vocalist of Limp Bizkit, with Puddle of Mudd’s demo tape, pa tience was the last thing on his mind. Scantin’s assertiveness helped the band sign with Durst’s new label, Flawless Records. Puddle of Mudd describes its signature sound as “real emo tional rock and roll music that’s hardcore,” comparing it to punk the newest blockbuster releases. One of the more notable ad vantages of Dutch Square is that its concession stand has the widest variety of snacks in town. Besides the regular fare, it also serves everything from dill pickles the size of baked potatoes to coffee at an internal coffee bar to self-serve candy by the pound. In the unlikely event you can’t find anything to eat in the con rock and “metal-billy.” Its newest video “Contrc which Durst directed, has ger ated excitement about the alb Come Clean, set to be relea: next week. \ Puddle of Mudd has been to ing with Godsmack this summ SEVEN MARY THREE- ! It’s hard to believe that st a serious and streamlined ba like Seven Mary Three took name from the hit ’70s sh< CHIPS, but the moniker fit. Based in Virginia, Sev Mary Three has been rocking a major label for more than s years now. \ Experienced and focused, Se en Mary Three is one of the v erans of grunge-rock, a major i fluence in modern rock. f The band’s lit up the charts 1995 with its album Americi Standard. jf This album included the si gles “Lucky,” “Water’s Edg< and, most notably, “Cumbe some.” i Its newest album, The Econ my of Sound, was released th year and features the sing “Wait.” I cession stand, the Dutch Squar Mall food court is right outsid the theater. 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